CVE-2010-4259 (GCVE-0-2010-4259)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-07 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in FontForge 20100501 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CHARSET_REGISTRY header in a BDF font file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 979 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2253 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/42577 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659359 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15732 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3200 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2010-12-02 00:00
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